# How to add formatting to reviews or comments Venues can choose to allow users to add basic formatting to text content by enabling Markdown in specific places such as official reviews and rebuttals. Markdown is a plain text format for writing structured documents based on common conventions for indicating formatting. It is currently used by many prominent websites including GitHub and StackOverflow. It can be used to add headings, bold, italics, lists, tables, and more. For a brief overview of the features of Markdown see [CommonMark.org’s reference](https://commonmark.org/help/). OpenReview follows the [CommonMark spec](https://spec.commonmark.org/0.29/), with the exception of images and inline HTML which are not supported. If Markdown is enabled, you will see that the text input has two tabs at the top: Write and Preview. This feature allows you to enter plain text in the Write tab and quickly see what the HTML output will look on the page in the Preview tab. If Markdown formatting has not been enabled by the venue, you can still format your text using regular line breaks and spaces for indentation. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.openreview.net/how-to-guides/submissions-comments-reviews-and-decisions/how-to-add-formatting-to-reviews-or-comments.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.